Icelandic Chickens

Ankles are doing much better after a few days of rest. I'm still staying off of them as much as possible, but at least now I can limp around with just a little pain and stiffness. They're continuously getting better. :)

I had my chicken friend Candace over today! We talked for a while and looked at my birds, and it was fun! :D Also, she brought me my two newest flock members--one lavender white-crested polish and one blue white-crested polish! They are sooo darn cute, eee! I've wanted some polish for a while. Polish are the ones with the crazy feather "hats" or afros.

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Also, I might as well post some more details about the eggs in my incubator. They are Icelandic eggs, also known as Íslenka landnámshænan (Icelandic hen of the settlers) or Haughænsni (pile chickens).

( Here's some information I've gathered on this amazing breed! )

Anyway, I feel very honored to have these very rare, endangered, and historical birds in my incubator. There are very few flocks in the US or anywhere outside of Iceland. :D It just so happens that a lady who lives near me and frequents BYC spent about a year researching the breed and ended up getting a trio of Icelandics from Sigrid and has been working on preserving the breed. Hence how I ended up with some! If I hatch some, they will be kept separate from my other chickens (most likely in the large pen where I moved the ducks and guinea fowl) so that I can keep them purebred.

Uhhh, chickens. That's pretty much my life at the moment. I have nothing fandom-y going on at the moment to talk about, unfortunately! I've been saving Pokémon fanart as usual and looking through Y!J lately, but other than that not much is going on as far as fandom stuff goes.

Also, I have an interview on Tuesday for that perfect job I applied for. We'll see how it goes--fingers crossed!

Icelandic Chickens

Ankles are doing much better after a few days of rest. I'm still staying off of them as much as possible, but at least now I can limp around with just a little pain and stiffness. They're continuously getting better. :)

I had my chicken friend Candace over today! We talked for a while and looked at my birds, and it was fun! :D Also, she brought me my two newest flock members--one lavender white-crested polish and one blue white-crested polish! They are sooo darn cute, eee! I've wanted some polish for a while. Polish are the ones with the crazy feather "hats" or afros.

--

Also, I might as well post some more details about the eggs in my incubator. They are Icelandic eggs, also known as Íslenka landnámshænan (Icelandic hen of the settlers) or Haughænsni (pile chickens).

( Here's some information I've gathered on this amazing breed! )

Anyway, I feel very honored to have these very rare, endangered, and historical birds in my incubator. There are very few flocks in the US or anywhere outside of Iceland. :D It just so happens that a lady who lives near me and frequents BYC spent about a year researching the breed and ended up getting a trio of Icelandics from Sigrid and has been working on preserving the breed. Hence how I ended up with some! If I hatch some, they will be kept separate from my other chickens (most likely in the large pen where I moved the ducks and guinea fowl) so that I can keep them purebred.

Uhhh, chickens. That's pretty much my life at the moment. I have nothing fandom-y going on at the moment to talk about, unfortunately! I've been saving Pokémon fanart as usual and looking through Y!J lately, but other than that not much is going on as far as fandom stuff goes.

Also, I have an interview on Tuesday for that perfect job I applied for. We'll see how it goes--fingers crossed!